Media And Culture

Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
In the Year of the Pig: The Real Vietnam War Heroes
29 Aug 2018
John McCain’s death triggered mass media regurgitations of Vietnam-era imperial racism and just plain idiocy, but also reminded us of those who risked everything to stop the war.
Boots Riley
Spike Lee’s Film Makes Cop That Spied on Blacks Into Hero
29 Aug 2018
Boots Riley says Spike Lee’s new movie is propaganda designed to make police look like allies in the fight against racial oppression.
Jessica Corbett
Demanding an End to 'Modern Day Slavery,' Prisoners Launch Multi-Day Nationwide Strike
29 Aug 2018
At root, striking prisoners demand they be treated as human beings; the rest of their demands flow logically from recognition of their humanity.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Omise’eke Tinsley’s “Ezili’s Mirrors”
29 Aug 2018
This book asks readers ‘to follow Ezili’s lead by imagining worlds in which black women, black queer folk, masisi…ev’ry body has value—ev’ry black body is a divine gift.’”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Charlene Carruthers’ “Unapologetic”
29 Aug 2018
Unapologetic lays out a case for the abolition of the prison industrial complex and a pathway towards transformation that is paired with accountability.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Gandhi and Fanon’s Shared Goals
27 Aug 2018
Whether by armed struggle or mass nonviolence, liberation movements seek to “elevate the colonized people to their proper status among humankind, and give way to a more equitable future, said
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
R-E-S-P-E-C-T… (Ree-Ree-Ree-Respect!)
24 Aug 2018
“If Ever I Would Leave You–” Her promise, implied, to never Leave this jagged hole in my Soul was just shredded— Gooseflesh from her growls,
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
How Long is the Shelf-Life of Damnable Racist Capitalist Lies?
22 Aug 2018
Silicon Valley and the corporate media are far more effective in conjuring alternative realities than the chaotic Trump White House.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Giuliani and Brennan: Truth or Dare
22 Aug 2018
The Russiagate investigation is proof that this country is run by liars, race baiters, warmongers, torturers and their enablers.
Quetzal Cáceres
An Open Letter to ‘Socialists’ Who Might be Fronting for the Democratic Party
22 Aug 2018
Any socialist who thought, as I did, that Ocasio-Cortez would be our socialist champion should watch the entire 27-minute PBS Firing Line interview to get a sense of just how